Peoria City Advances to Conference Finals

Sam Godby and Benjamin Fries

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PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Peoria City defeated Des Moines Menace in a high-scoring and physical game, the biggest in the team’s young history.

The Carp opened the scoring after a nice pass from Jose Gomez. Justin Wilson fired the ball in and Peoria City was up 1-0 after the ball ended up in the net.

Then Luke Persenico dribbled past the defender, setting up Bradley’s DJ Koulai who buried the ball. Peoria City led 2-1 at halftime.

In the 60th minute there was a penalty for the Carp, which Persenico took and converted.

That gave Peoria City a 3-1 lead. Des Moines came back to make it 3-3 at the end of regulation time.

Persenico scored to make it 4-3, but Des Moines scored twice to make it 5-4. With seconds left, Fritz Volmar scored to tie the game. It would be 5-5 in overtime. Peoria City won 4-2 in the penalty shootout.

Goalkeeper Samy Slimi was named Man of the Match for his performance.

Their next game is Friday in the Central Conference finals.