Dzung Tran is a Vietnamese retired footballer who spent time in the Major Indoor Soccer League, Western Soccer Alliance and National Professional Soccer League.
In 1978, Tran, his father and brother, escaped Vietnam after the communist capture of South Vietnam. He attended Livermore High School before transferring to San Jose High School where he graduated in 1983. In 1984, he practiced with the Golden Bay Earthquakes, including playing two minutes of a preseason game."EARTHQUAKES SIGN TWO FORMER QUAKES" San Jose Mercury News (CA) – Monday, June 3, 1985 That fall, he began playing soccer at Foothill College, but Golden Gate Conference officials determined that his game with the Earthquakes counted as a professional event. Therefore, he was stripped of his collegiate eligibility during the season. In June 1985, the San Diego Sockers selected Tran in the first round of the Major Indoor Soccer League draft."Sockers feel right at home with draftees" San Diego Union (CA) – Thursday, June 20, 1985 The Sockers released him in December 1985."Deyna may remain victim of numbers games for a while" Evening Tribune (San Diego, California) – Tuesday, December 24, 1985 In 1985, he played for the San Jose Earthquakes which won the Western Alliance Challenge Series.Jose 1985 San Jose Earthquakes He continued to play for the Earthquakes in 1986 before moving to the Los Angeles Heat for the 1987 Western Soccer Alliance season.1986 San Jose Earthquakes1987 Los Angeles Heat In the fall of 1986, Tran signed with the Milwaukee Wave of the American Indoor Soccer Association. In 1988, he returned to the Earthquakes.1988 San Jose Earthquakes In 1990, he played for the Salt Lake Sting in the American Professional Soccer League.1990 Salt Lake Sting He then returned to the Milwaukee Wave for the 1990–1991 indoor season. In 1991, he began the season with the Sting which folded halfway through the season. He then signed with the San Francisco Bay Blackhawks.Wave's Tran puts best foot forward in APSL1991 APSL season He later played for the San Jose Oaks.
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