Rebel advances stop Libyan soccer team in its tracks

Coach Marco Paqueta about to throw the towel into the ring (Source: Marco Paqueta)

By James M. Dorsey
With NATO-backed rebels launching their final push to capture the Libyan capital of Tripoli, the country’s national team is proving vulnerable to the conflict that is tearing its country apart.
Barely two months after four members of the squad defected to …