1. She wanted to tired Francis out.
2. Francis was too fast for them and their top scorer, Siva, was injured.
3. The injury from the fall caused Siva to drop out.
4. They were probably arguing about letting a girl play in their team.
5. a) It refers to Francis.
5. b) It refers to Annie.
6. He found out that Annie was a very good soccer player.
7. Francis was too tired out by then.
8. The whistle went after Annie had scored the winning goal.
9. Yes, he was. He congratulated Annie even though his team had lost.
10. Annie was a good dribbler and a fast runner.
11. It is "She was always seen around the boys and doing what they did, like climbing trees and catching spiders in the bushes and playing soccer."
== when you have to quote a sentence, you have to take the whole sentence from the first capital letter to the last full-stop.
12. It is "mutter something under their breath".
== when you have to quote a phrase, you must drop the subject. In this case, "the boys" is the subject and so you have to drop the words to only leave you with the above answer
13. It means both teams had the same score.
14. It means Francis was tired and could not run fast anymore.