If it ain’t broke, the saying goes, don’t fix it.

So with his team rolling like a boulder downhill, Colin Milller is keeping his hands the heck off FC Edmonton’s lineup.

The Eddies beat the New York Cosmos 2-1 at Clarke Stadium on Sunday to move into the North American Soccer League’s final playoff spot after winning a third straight match and extending their unbeaten streak to four.

It’s been a month since the Eddies last tasted defeat, over which time some previously unheralded players stepped up in place of the club’s sidelined leaders. And though the stars are now healthy and game-ready, they haven’t yet returned to the starting 11.

“When things are going well the way they are at the moment, it would be unbelievably foolish of me to change the team,” Miller said. “I like to be pretty loyal to people that are doing well for us, and the rest of the group are going to continue to hang on the coattails of everybody and take the opportunity when they get the chance. And the guys have done that.”

Against the Comsos, FCE’s starters included four players that didn’t play in, much less start, the club’s spring season finale in June. Two of them, midfielders Dustin Corea and Pablo Cruz, weren’t even on the team at that time.

Meanwhile, over a span of 13 minutes late in the second half, Miller subbed in midfielder Sainey Nyassi, forward Tomi Ameobi and midfielder Ritchie Jones, who all rank among the club’s top 5 in scoring this year and have primarily featured. Ameobi and Jones, in particular, had combined to start 25 of their previous 28 appearances.

But all three had been out of action recently — Ameobi and Jones because of injuries, Nyassi having been away representing Gambia in international competition — and on Sunday found themselves watching kickoff from the sidelines.

“We’re all on the same team so we want to win no matter what, it doesn’t matter if you’re a playing substitute or a squad player you’ve got to be ready to step in,” said Jones, the team’s fourth-leading scorer with four goals, who has been a second-half sub in both matches since returning earlier this month. “That’s your job as a pro footballer on any team, you’ve got to take that competition and every day be at your best.”

Another player coming back from injury, left back Kareem Moses, who has made 16 starts in 2015, wasn’t even among the 18 players that dressed against the Cosmos. FCE’s starting defenders — Eddie Edward, Mallan Roberts, Johann Smith, Albert Watson and Allan Zebie have been rock solid in front of goalkeeper Matt VanOekel, fuelling a turnaround that has seen the Eddies go from conceding 2.20 goals per match in the spring season to 0.87 in the fall campaign.

The Eddies’ rise from first-half disappointment to post-season contender began in July, on their most challenging road trip of the year; three matches in one week at Fort Lauderdale, San Antonio, and Tampa Bay. With a lineup decimated by injuries and international call-ups, a rag-tag Edmonton squad managed one win and two draws, setting the tone for what has followed.

“It was almost like the Bad News Bears or the Partridge Family, the group was that young,” Miller said. “We managed to get through that, we weathered that little storm, so every (player) has contributed.”

Nyassi is returning to Team Gambia next week for World Cup qualifying, while midfielder Cristian Raudales will sit out FCE’s match in Ottawa on Sunday after picking up his fifth yellow card of the fall season, against New York. The Eddies only travel with 16 players, however, meaning some deserving candidates will likely be left off the team again.

Which is a nice problem for a coach to have.

“It’s not easy when you tell a player in the 18 (that dressed last week) he’s not involved this week in the 16 that will travel,” Miller said. “Imagine there’s going to be two left out of that group from (Sunday) … it’s now a position that I can’t remember having too often as a head coach.”