Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1978, i mawhiti a Tran, tana papa me tana tuakana i Vietnam i muri i te
Ko te hopu a te Communist i Vietnam ki te Tonga. I haere ia ki te Kura Tuarua o Livermore i mua i tana whakawhiti ki te Kura Tuarua o San Jose i puta ai ia i te 1983. I te tau 1984, i whakangungu ia me te Golden Bay Earthquakes, tae atu ki te takaro i nga meneti e rua o te keemu o mua. I taua ngahuru, ka tiimata ia ki te purei whutupaoro i te Whare Wananga o Foothill, engari i whakatauhia e nga rangatira o te Huihuinga Golden Gate ko tana keemu me nga Earthquakes he huihuinga ngaio. No reira, i whakakorea ia i tana tohu mo te whare wananga i te wa o te tau. I te Pipiri 1985, ko te San Diego Sockers i tohua a Tran i te rauna tuatahi o te Major Indoor Soccer League draft. I tukuna ia e nga Sockers i te Hakihea 1985. I te 1985, i takaro ia mo nga San Jose Earthquakes i toa i te Raupapa Challenge Alliance o te Hauauru. I haere tonu ia ki te takaro mo nga Earthquakes i te tau 1986 i mua i tana neke ki te Los Angeles Heat mo te 1987 Western Soccer Alliance wa. I te ngahuru o te tau 1986, i hainatia e Tran me te Milwaukee Wave o te American Indoor Soccer Association. I te tau 1988, ka hoki mai ia ki nga Earthquakes. I te tau 1990, i takaro ia mo te Salt Lake Sting i te American Professional Soccer League. I muri mai ka hoki mai ia ki te Milwaukee Wave mo te tau 1990-1991 i roto i te whare. I te tau 1991, i tiimata ia i te waa me te Sting i takai i te haurua o te waa. Na ka hainatia e ia ki te San Francisco Bay Blackhawks. I muri mai ka takaro ia mo te San Jose Oaks.