Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - N'afọ 1978, Tran, nna ya na nwanne ya nwoke, gbapụrụ Vietnam mgbe ndị Kọmunist jidere
nke South Vietnam. Ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị nke Livermore tupu ọ gafee na San Jose High School ebe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na 1983. N'afọ 1984, ọ zụrụ na Golden Bay Earthquakes, gụnyere igwu nkeji abụọ nke egwuregwu preseason. N'oge mgbụsị akwụkwọ ahụ, ọ malitere igwu bọọlụ na Foothill College, mana ndị ọrụ ọgbakọ Golden Gate kpebiri na egwuregwu ya na Earthquakes gụrụ dị ka ihe omume ọkachamara. N'ihi ya, a napụrụ ya ikike ịga mahadum n'oge oge ahụ. Na June 1985, San Diego Sockers họpụtara Tran na agba nke mbụ nke Major Indoor Soccer League draft. Ndị Sockers hapụrụ ya na Disemba 1985. N'afọ 1985, ọ gbara bọọlụ maka San Jose Earthquakes nke meriri Western Alliance Challenge Series. Ọ gara n'ihu na-egwu maka Earthquakes na 1986 tupu ọ kwaga na Los Angeles Heat maka oge 1987 Western Soccer Alliance. N'oge mgbụsị akwụkwọ nke 1986, Tran bịanyere aka na Milwaukee Wave nke American Indoor Soccer Association. N'afọ 1988, ọ laghachiri na Earthquakes. N'afọ 1990, ọ gbaara Salt Lake Sting bọọlụ na American Professional Soccer League. Mgbe ahụ ọ laghachiri na Milwaukee Wave maka oge ụlọ 1990-1991. N'afọ 1991, ọ malitere oge ahụ na Sting nke mechiri n'etiti oge ahụ. Mgbe ahụ, ọ bịanyere aka na San Francisco Bay Blackhawks. O mechara soro ndị San Jose Oaks.