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MLS has and loves the Designated Player Rule by spade

Here is one reason how what is good for MLS is not good for US Soccer as a whole:

I think this is ruining the ability to develop talent in more skilled leagues abroad. It can be used for good by giving top Europe talent contracts after their best years, a la Henry or Dempsey, but it ruins the ability for young talent like Jordan Morris from going abroad and actually becoming better because instead of $1M at Werder Bremen, he can just play at home for the same without working as hard....which is where our USMNT suffers because the talent which used to develop at Fulham and Roma (like Dempsey and Bradley) is lured into staying home.

This is how MLS and Don Garber are not good for the USMNT. They are indeed doing some things well, but they only care about $$ and keeping that $$ in the MLS and not risking that for the benefit of the USMNT.

And Mr. Wednesday, I'm not saying your points about youth areas aren't as important, perhaps they are more important, but MLS and USMNT values are not perfectly aligned. In the end UNMNT wants to succeed (which of course begets $$$), but MLS just wants butts in the seats, TV contracts and merch sold.