 Columbus general manager Mark McCullers expressed concerns about the fairness of the scheduling since he claimed it would be difficult for the Crew to travel to the West Coast on October 5 and then return to Chicago three days later for a league match . Crew head coach Robert <unk> also complained about the scheduling saying , " You make it to a final , but you have to go to Seattle on Sunday after playing a home game on Saturday ... You 've got to fly all day , play on the ( artificial ) turf on Tuesday and then you go play an important MLS game in Chicago on Friday . Great . " 
