Cika wannan jumlar: A shekara ta 1978, Tran, mahaifinsa da ɗan'uwansa, sun tsere daga Vietnam bayan
kamawar kwaminisanci na Kudancin Vietnam. Ya halarci Makarantar Sakandaren Livermore kafin ya koma Makarantar Sakandaren San Jose inda ya kammala karatu a shekarar 1983. A cikin 1984, ya yi aiki tare da Golden Bay Earthquakes, gami da wasa minti biyu na wasan preseason. A wannan kaka, ya fara wasan ƙwallon ƙafa a Kwalejin Foothill, amma jami'an taron Golden Gate sun yanke shawarar cewa wasan da ya yi da Earthquakes ya ƙidaya a matsayin ƙwararren masani. Saboda haka, an cire shi daga cancantarsa ta kwaleji a lokacin kakar wasa. A watan Yunin 1985, San Diego Sockers sun zaɓi Tran a zagaye na farko na Babban Wasannin Kwallon Kafa na Indoor. Sockers sun sake shi a watan Disamba na 1985. A shekarar 1985, ya buga wasan San Jose Earthquakes wanda ya lashe gasar Western Alliance Challenge Series. Ya ci gaba da taka leda a Earthquakes a 1986 kafin ya koma Los Angeles Heat don kakar wasan 1987 Western Soccer Alliance. A cikin kaka na 1986, Tran ya sanya hannu tare da Milwaukee Wave na American Indoor Soccer Association. A shekarar 1988, ya koma Earthquakes. A shekarar 1990, ya buga wasa a Salt Lake Sting a Kungiyar Kwallon Kafa ta Amurka. Daga nan sai ya koma Milwaukee Wave don kakar wasa ta 1990-1991. A cikin 1991, ya fara kakar wasa tare da Sting wanda ya rushe a tsakiyar kakar wasa. Daga nan sai ya sanya hannu tare da San Francisco Bay Blackhawks. Daga baya ya buga wa San Jose Oaks.