Thought he had played for the senior team during the last International break. Maybe just trained. Congrats to midfielder Rokas Pukstas on his senior friendly debut for Hajduk Split. The Sporting KC and Barca Residency product becomes the first USYNT-capped '04 to make a senior friendly appearance for a European club. https://t.co/k7fT1GJUQT— ChuckMe92 Soccer (@ChuckMe92Soccer) October 9, 2021
🇭🇷🇲🇰 u19 UEFA Youth League🧐 17 yr old 🇺🇸 CM Rokas Pukstas started and played 90+ for HNK Hajuk Split's u19s in their 3-1 UYL victory today over KF Shkëndija https://t.co/1n0qBnc5QV— 🇺🇸 ⚽ east (@eastdeflection) October 20, 2021
U19 hat trick: US U20 midfielder Rokas Pukstas scored a first half hat-trick for the U19s of Hajduk Split before being subbed out. He has been a regular for their youth side along with training stints and friendly minutes for their senior side.https://t.co/UBKM38hxlZ— ChuckMe92 Soccer (@ChuckMe92Soccer) December 13, 2021
Hajduk juniors draw Atletico Madrid for the Playoffs in the knockout stage. Winner of single game moves to the Round of 16
Appeared off the bench in 1st team friendly: 🇭🇷🇧🇦 Club Friendly🧐 17 yr old 🇺🇸YNT midfielder Rokas Pukstas subbed on in the 66th minute for 🇭🇷Hajduk Split in their 1-1 friendly draw with 🇧🇦Velež Mostar today!🔁 https://t.co/ztg02txL0T pic.twitter.com/E65434D4Qk— 🇺🇸 ⚽ east (@eastdeflection) January 22, 2022
On the bench for 1st team friendly: Sastav Hajduka za pripremni susret s Varaždinom. #HŽV pic.twitter.com/mdM5OzZvbs— HNK Hajduk Split (@hajduk) January 25, 2022 68 Trostruka promjena u sastavu Hajduka. U igru su ušli ušli Dimitrov, Pukstas i Kačaniklić umjesto Katića, Krovinovića i Vukovića. #HajVar— HNK Hajduk Split (@hajduk) January 25, 2022
On the bench: #ŠibHaj #AjdeHajduče pic.twitter.com/5mpJY8gpQC— HNK Hajduk Split (@hajduk) January 29, 2022
On the bench: #GorHaj #AjdeHajduče pic.twitter.com/bIYx0smXQV— HNK Hajduk Split (@hajduk) February 5, 2022
Youth Champions league game https://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleagu...BhOY39dPU_nL1xBTBikCAvaZHm-CbohgLxaAxgyEGnG-Q
Signed a new contract: [FOTO] Talentirani Rokas Pukštas potpisao s Hajdukom do ljeta 2025. godine! • https://t.co/djl0Rci8Hv #Hajduk pic.twitter.com/lsW6brubNC— HNK Hajduk Split (@hajduk) March 4, 2022
On the bench: #IstHaj #AjdeHajduče pic.twitter.com/fL6ExyL7p9— HNK Hajduk Split (@hajduk) March 6, 2022
On the bench: #HajGor #AjmoBijeli pic.twitter.com/eZV4cqjZfO— HNK Hajduk Split (@hajduk) April 15, 2022
On the bench: #HajDin #AjmoBijeli pic.twitter.com/TllyLRbiye— HNK Hajduk Split (@hajduk) April 20, 2022
Graduation Day! @TheFalseNine @bungadiri @dark knight - Could you please move this thread? What a day. @USMNT / @USYNT top talent, Rokas Pukštas, starting for @hajduk 1st time. He is still u-19 for a year but has excelled since arriving to 🇭🇷 2 yrs ago. His athleticism and technical ability was enhanced with tactics, sky is the roof now. Versatile modern player pic.twitter.com/5c5XDxg0mz— Luka Pauk (@Pauk50) April 29, 2022
Split won 2-1. It was 1-1 at home against the bottom feeders, when Pukstas came out in the 82nd minute. So it was a disappointing team performance when he was on the field. I did catch about 25 minutes of play, and you could have played the Benny Hill Theme over Pukstas' actions during it. He definitely had no fear and was throwing himself into the fire, but getting burned quite frequently. He did nearly score on a hustle recovery in the box where he tried to chip the keeper but it went seriously awry. He was already sort of a tongue in cheek fan favorite, because of his effort, but immense lack of precision. He should bring most of that intensity into whichever next match he gets into, but control it better. You maybe saw the influence of a fellow famous football playing Croatian-American, Christian Pulisic. Only at first glances (saw him at Revelations' Cup), he's far less talented physically and skill-wise. I'd say he's a moderately worse version of Reed Baker-Whiting as a prospect.
Pukstas was approached by the Lithuanian national team in March, but turned down their invitation in order to join the US U-20 team that went to Argentina. https://www.15min.lt/sportas/naujie...-rusijai-ju-sporto-niekada-nebebus-24-1654824
On the bench: #RijHaj #AjdeHajduče pic.twitter.com/9mL9VVsx1D— HNK Hajduk Split (@hajduk) May 8, 2022