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Professional Footballers' Association chief Gordon Taylor has demanded immediate action to improve the state of Wembley Stadium's pitch.Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp described the surface as "a disgrace" following his side's FA Cup semi-final defeat by Portsmouth on Sunday.
The pitch, relaid 10 times since 2007, will host various football and rugby matches in the coming months.
"It's just not good enough for high-class games," Taylor told BBC Sport.
The national stadium will be the venue for England's penultimate friendly before this summer's World Cup finals in South Africa when they play Mexico two days after the Championship play-off final, which is on 22 May.
It will also host Saracens' home Guinness Premiership rugby fixture against Harlequins on 17 April, while Chelsea and Portsmouth contest the FA Cup final on 15 May, with the Blue Square Premier play-off final the following day.
Wembley Stadium is imposing but there are many others around the world like the Nou Camp that have equally similar structures
With the number of sporting events taking place between now and 24 May, England manager Fabio Capello will be concerned that increased damage to the Wembley turf could put key members of his World Cup squad at increased risk of injury.
"We have cup finals, football league play-offs and within days an England international game," said Taylor.
"There has not been enough forethought put into it. There is so much opportunity to take advice with regard to drainage of a pitch and letting air and sunshine getting through but it's not happening."
The Wembley pitch is managed by the Sports Turf Institute, who are employed by Wembley National Stadium Limited, and costs in the region of £100,000 to relay.
Spurs and Portsmouth players slipped throughout Sunday's game, while Chelsea and Aston Villa suffered similar problems with their footing on the Wembley surface in Saturday's semi-final.
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson recently spoke of the "heavy" pitch playing its part in striker Michael Owen suffering a season-ending hamstring injury during the 2010 Carling Cup final.
Geoff Webb, chief executive of the Institute of Groundsmanship, described cultivating the Wembley surface like "growing grass in a shoebox" but said the problems can be overcome with the right attention.
"Wembley Stadium is imposing but there are many others around the world like the Nou Camp that have equally similar structures," he told BBC Radio 5 live.
"It's not in the interest of anyone to see the national stadium's surface under continued scrutiny and speculation. Wembley is an iconic football venue which deserves the optimum playing surface.
"It can be fixed, it needs the right people to look at the ongoing issue and a plan of action to solve that."This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.