Didnt see your first question about Rooney, but the truth is that he had a quiet match for the first 65 or so minutes, Cherundolo and DeMerit did a good double job on him and Rooney is much worse when he has to go deep looking for the ball as he did in this game. Capello has a real problem with Rooney, he needs him to stay as a centre forward.
Algeria and Slovenia looked like two very average teams, I think England will beat both (I won't say it will be particularly impressive), and I think the US will beat Algeria but Slovenia might cause a problem as they a more defensive and set up compactly, the US need to make sure they take their chances in that one.