Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A 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.