Soccer roundup: Poland ends Germany’s unbeaten run at 33 matches

Poland won after Arkadiusz Milik scored with the team’s first shot on target in the 51st minute.

Also in Group D, Robbie Keane’s hat trick in 13 minutes helped Ireland thrash Gibraltar, 7-0, taking his international goals tally to 65 and becoming the top scorer in European Championship qualifying history, with 21 goals.

Milik headed Lukasz Piszczek’s floated cross into the empty net after goalkeeper Manuel Neuer missed it. The top two finishers from the nine groups qualify automatically. The best third-placed team also qualifies automatically and the other eight can qualify through a playoff.

Robert Lewandowski set up Sebastian Mila to score inside the far post in the 88th.

‘‘We’re delighted to have beaten Germany for the first time. You can see how much it means to people,’’ said Piszczek, who plays club football for German side Borussia Dortmund.

‘‘We had a little bit of luck, that’s why we won. We took our chances. We had two or three, and we scored two goals. Germany had a lot of chances and they didn’t take them.’’

The Polish-born Lukas Podolski came closest for Germany, but struck the crossbar in the 80th, three minutes after coming on a substitute, and there was still time for Mario Goetze to blaze over and Toni Kroos to shoot narrowly over from a free kick, albeit after Mila sealed the result.

‘‘I can’t fault the team, but perhaps we should have made more of our chances,’’ Germany coach Joachim Loew said.

Group I — Denmark salvaged a 1-1 draw in Albania, keeping the teams tied atop the group.

Albania came close to securing its first win over the Danes in more than 50 years after Ermir Lenjani beat goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel with a deflected shot in the 38th, but substitute Lasse Vibe leveled from close range with nine minutes to go.

In the other group game, winger Zoran Tosic avoided embarrassment for the Serbs when he scored a last-minute equalizer with host Armenia, 1-1.

Tosic’s left-footed shot from outside the box was set up by Dusan Tadic in the 90th.

Robert Arzumanyan put Armenia in front with a diving header in the 73d, and the hosts looked set for their first win over Serbia.

Armenia, which failed to score in its three previous games against Serbia, squandered the opportunity to double its advantage when Marcos Pizelli’s penalty in the 83d was saved by goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic.

‘‘My players were like lions. At the beginning of the match, I would have settled for a draw, taking into account some absent players in my team, but now I am disappointed,’’ Armenia coach Bernard Challandes said. ‘‘I am proud of my team.’’

Group F — In Belfast, Gareth McAuley and Kyle Lafferty scored within 21 minutes to help Northern Ireland take command of the group with a 2-0 win over the Faroe Islands.

In Bucharest, a superb free kick from Balazs Dzsudzak earned Hungary 1-1 tie after Raul Rusescu put Romania in front. Before the game, Bucharest police — which said it deployed 12,000 officers for security — used tear gas and evacuated some fans after hundreds of firecrackers and smoke bombs were thrown ahead of the match.

‘‘It isn’t a fair result because Hungary did not figure until the 8nd minute when they scored,’’ Romania captain Razvan Rat said. ‘‘They did not manage to reach our level. That’s why it is a big disappointment for us, because we really dropped points.’’

The Faroes missed the chance to pull one back when Frodi Benjaminsen’s penalty was saved by Roy Carroll.

Firecrackers and shouting drowned out the Hungary anthem before the match.

There were no immediate reports of arrests or injuries.

Finland failed to move to the top of the group in Helsinki as Mixu Paatelainen’s side rallied to for a 1-1 tie with Greece. Nikolaos Karelis put the visitors in front in the first half before Jarkko Hurme equalized with a superb volley into the bottom-left corner.

Real Salt Lake 2, Earthquakes 0 — Ned Grabavoy and Sebastian Velasquez scored first-half goals as host Real Salt Lake clinched its seventh consecutive playoff berth.

Grabavoy opened the scoring in the 24th minute off a defensive miscue. Shea Salinas’s clearance attempt laid up nicely for Grabavoy, who one-timed a skipper from beyond the top of the box through a crowd of defenders.

Velasquez scored his first career MLS goal in the 28th minute, kneeing Luke Mulholland’s corner into the back of the net.

Real Salt Lake (14-8-10) ended a two-game skid, and San Jose (6-15-11) extended its winless streak to 13 games.

Crew 3, Union 2 — Ethan Finlay, Justin Meram, and Jairo Arrieta scored in a late five-minute span as visiting Columbus dealt Philadelphia’s playoff hopes a serious blow.

With a victory, the Union (9-11-12) would have moved them within a point of Columbus (12-10-10), the fifth-place team in the East.

Finlay started the flurry in the 78th minute with a one-timer off Hector Jimenez’s cross. A minute later, Meram weaved through the defense to even the score, and Arrieta flicked the winner past the goalkeeper in the 82d.

Following a scoreless first half, Danny Cruz opened the scoring for the Union in the 68th minute and Andrew Wenger extended the lead with another goal in the 75th.

Red Bulls 3, Toronto FC 1 — Bradley Wright-Phillips scored his MLS-leading 25th goal to help New York win at home. Wright-Phillips is two goals away from tying the MLS single-season record.

New York (12-9-11) is fourth in the Eastern Conference, while sixth-place Toronto (11-14-7) is 6 points back of Columbus for the final playoff spot.

New York scored all three goals in the first half. Wright-Phillips got his in the 26th minute when he slotted home Kosuke Kimura’s cross. In the 35th minute, Ruben Bover Izquierdo tracked down a rebound and slid in his first MLS goal. Dax McCarty redirected a deflected shot in the 44th minute.

Toronto’s Jonathan Osorio tapped in Justin Morrow’s cross in the 55th minute. Nick Hagglund received a red card in the 86th minute for a rough challenge.

Chivas USA 2, Rapids 1 — Felix Borja headed in Akira Kaji’s cross in the 85th minute for the go-ahead goal as Chivas beat Colorado at home for the first time since 2009.

Kristopher Tyrpak tied it for Chivas USA (8-18-6) in the 65th minute, moments after entering the game for the first action of his MLS career. From 25 yards out, Tyrpak dribbled past four defenders and toe-punched it past goalkeeper Clint Irwin.

Chivas won its second straight after a seven-game losing streak.

John Neeskens opened the scoring in the 30th minute for Colorado (8-16-8). The Rapids extended their club-record winless streak to 12 games.