on august 14, 2013, altidore scored a hat-trick in the united states' 4–3 comeback win over bosnia and herzegovina, notably scoring from a free kick just outside the box with a curling effort. altidore's three goals and an assist stretched his consecutive game scoring streak to 5 games, the most in u.s. national team history. on june 7, 2014, altidore broke his goal-scoring drought with two goals against nigeria, the defending africa cup of nations champions.