2025 Men’s Team
2025 Roster
| NAME | POS | HOMETOWN | SCHOOL | LAST CLUB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanner Anderson | M | Quincy, IL | Saint Louis | Peoria City (USL 2) |
| Akinjide Awujo | F | Atlanta, GA | Northwestern | Chicago City SC (USL 2) |
| Quinten Blair | M | Shawnee Mission, KS | Loyola Chicago | Des Moines Menace (USL 2) |
| Henrik Boer | F | Oegstgeest, The Netherlands | Western Michigan | VV Katwijk (The Netherlands) |
| Tommy Couglin | M | Crystal Lake, IL | Green Bay | Peoria City (USL2) |
| Lucas Fontana | GK | Peoria, IL | Chicago State | Peoria City (USL2) |
| Jorge Ganem | M | El Paso, TX | N/A | CF Pachuca U23 (Liga MX, Clausura) |
| Wes Gibson | D | Morton, IL | SIUE | Peoria City (USL2) |
| Jose Gomez | M | Roatan, Honduras | Northern Illinois | Peoria City (USL2) |
| Noah Grieshaber | GK | Normal, IL | Normal U-High | Peoria City (U23) |
| Daniel Happach | GK | Morton, IL | Illinois College | Peoria City (U23) |
| Fabian Hilpert | F | The Hague, The Netherlands | Embry-Riddle | HBS Craeyenhout (The Netherlands) |
| Kayden Hudson | F | Peoria, IL | Michigan State | Peoria City (USL2) |
| Quinton Hynek | M | Peoria, IL | Peoria Christian HS | Peoria City (U23) |
| DJ Koulai | F | Lewisville, TX | Bradley | Peoria City (USL2) |
| Joel McIntyre | D | Peoria, IL | Western Illinois | Peoria City (USL2) |
| Kevin Mejias | F | Fermo, Italy | Bradley | Ocean City FC (USL2) |
| Emiel Nieuwhof | D | Amstelveen, The Netherlands | Western Michigan | Kalamazoo FC (USL2) |
| Owen Pacetti | M | Bloomington, IL | Normal U-High | Peoria City (U23) |
| Nadji Rebai | D | Montreal, Quebec | Clarke | Peoria City (USL2) |
| Josh Reddy | D | Durban, South Africa | Clarke | Peoria City (USL2) |
| Samy Slimi | GK | Boulogne-Billancourt, France | Campbell | Peoria City (USL2) |
| Fritz Volmar | D | Peoria, IL | Northwestern | St. Louis City 2 (MLS Next) |
2025 Coaching Staff
Mike PayeHead Coach
Former Creighton University player and a two-time junior college national champion as both a player and a coaching staff member, Mike Paye returns for his second year as Peoria City head coach.
Paye is preparing for his fourth year as the head coach at Clarke College, a NAIA school located in Dubuque, IA. Coming off a 3-12 campaign the previous year, Paye led the Pride to a 7-10-1 mark in his first season as a head coach in 2021, posting the team’s best record in seven years. Paye’s squads have continued to build on that foundation, posting back-to-back winning seasons in 2022 (9-4-3) and 2023 (7-5-4) for the first time in program history.
Success on the field is nothing new for Peoria City’s new coach. Paye won NJCAA national championships as a student-athlete (2012) and assistant coach (2016) at Tyler (Texas) Junior College. In between, he enjoyed a 2-year career at collegiate power Creighton, helping the Bluejays reach the NCAA Division I National Championship quarterfinals in 2014 and 2015.
TBA
Assistant Coach
Coming this spring
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“Peoria will play home to future stars of American soccer.”
- Jim DeRose, Retired Bradley University Head Soccer Coach and Peoria City President
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