Guys, thanks for helping me prove I'm not a Russian chat bot.
I did get this to work by adding that usbconfig command as an early command. in the XML file. I'd like to understand why my usbquirk didn't work, but I'll save that for later.
Now I have it working, I have an issue getting openvpn to start. I suspect it really does not like USB ethernet.
Instead of continuing this thread in the wrong place, I'm going to start a new one, a thread about being flagged as spam is no place for openvpn support.
Thanks again everyone for the upvotes and help.