Dzung Tran is a retired

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player who spent time in the Major Indoor Soccer League,

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and National Professional Soccer League. In 1978, Tran, his father and brother, escaped Vietnam after the communist capture of

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. He attended

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before transferring to San Jose High School where he graduated in 1983. In 1984, he practiced with the

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, including playing two minutes of a preseason game. That fall, he began playing soccer at

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, 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

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selected Tran in the first round of the Major Indoor Soccer League draft. The Sockers released him in December 1985. In 1985, he played for the

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which won the

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. He continued to play for the Earthquakes in 1986 before moving to the

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for the 1987 Western Soccer Alliance season. In the fall of 1986, Tran signed with the

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of the

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. In 1988, he returned to the Earthquakes. In 1990, he played for the Salt Lake Sting in the

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. 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

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.1991 APSL season
/ref> He later played for the

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