Franchino played youth club soccer in Alta Loma, CA for such competitive teams as the Aztecs and Arsenal.

His first club team, the Aztecs, won the State Cup Championships the first year the Under-10 age bracket started.

In the middle of the 2000 season, however, the Galaxy were forced by the league to give Franchino to the New England Revolution, along with Clint Mathis to the MetroStars, in exchange for the marquee acquisition of Luis Hernández.

He scored his first Revolution goal (part of a brace) in the final match of the season, a 4-3 win over the MetroStars, on September 9, 2000.

[6] On April 18, 2008, the Revolution traded Franchino to the Los Angeles Galaxy in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft.