Teenagers are easy to send international. Once they end up in the MLS, the MLS is notorious for making their contracts too expensive to buy out. They are blocking international leagues from poaching the US's best talent. Jurgen Klinsmann railed on MLS for refusing to send players international. And the MLS soccer commissioner responded with scathing comments. So you know where their priorities lie. MLS and usmnt being under the same umbrella is a bad bad decision.