Wisconsin Soccer Central

James "C" Nortey (Marquette) closed out his very brief first season as a professional soccer player in the best way possible.

The 24-year-old came on for the final 19 minutes of Akademisk Boldklub's season finale last Saturday and scored his first goal as a pro to seal the home team's 6-4 victory over Fremad Amager in a Danish Second Division promotion round match. (Watch below)

Nortey made substitute appearances in each of the club's final three games after signing with the club in early June following five weeks of training. AB clinched promotion to the second-tier First Division for next season in May and finished six points clear at the top of the 12-team promotion round table with a 12-2-2 record.

In the 90th minute Saturday, Nortey peeled away from a defender in the box and raced to a ball slotted to the right post. Sliding in, he initially touched the ball onto the post, but he was so open that he had plenty of time to stand up and tap it in. The Ghanaian then celebrated his first goal with a front flip followed by a back flip.

On Twitter: @cicinho17

• Laurie Bell (UW-Milwaukee) scored his fourth goal of the season as Karlslunds IF HFK held off host Motala AIF FK 4-3 in a Division 2 Södra Svealand match last Sunday in Sweden. His 65th-minute goal was the second in a stretch of three in a quarter hour as the visitors quickly turned a 2-1 deficit into a 4-2 lead. Bell has played all 1,170 minutes for Karlslunds (7-4-2), which is third in the 14-team, fourth-division league heading into a month-long break. On Twitter: @LBellBell
• Sarah Hagen (UW-Milwaukee) is used to scoring goals, but she played provider Thursday night. The striker's outstanding, one-touch pass to Jasmyne Spencer led to a stoppage-time goal that lifted the host Orlando Pride over the Houston Dash 1-0 in a National Women's Soccer League match in Florida. (Watch below) Hagen, who came on in the 81st minute, was on the right side of the box and got the ball from Jamia Fields and played a first-time ball that Spencer volleyed home for the lone goal. The expansion Pride (5-5-0) are fifth in the 10-team league. On Twitter: @sarahapplehagen

• Maegan Kelly (Marquette) and Apollon Limassol will play host to a UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying group Aug. 23 to 28 in Cyprus. The draw for the nine round-robin groups was held Friday, with Greece's PAOK, KÍ Klaksvík from the Faroe Islands and Hajvalia from Kosovo drawn into Group 1 with Apollon. The group winners claim spots in September's draw for the Round of 32, joining 23 sides that were awarded byes. Apollon is in Champions League qualifying for the eighth straight year – they moved on to the next round each year from 2010 to '14. Kelly, 24, signed with Apollon in the spring after playing in Iceland and Finland the past two years. On Twitter: @maegskell
• Drew Conner (UW) was recalled from his loan to USL club Saint Louis FC and was on the bench for the Chicago Fire's 4-3 loss to the Philadelphia Union in a Major League Soccer match Tuesday night. The 22-year-old Conner, who signed a homegrown contract with the Fire, has logged 461 minutes in 12 appearances (five starts) with Saint Louis FC. On Twitter: @Drew_Conner1