Christopher Meloni is the primary addition to Dan Fogelman‘s upcoming Hulu sequence set on the earth of professional soccer, Selection has discovered completely.

The untitled sequence was initially introduced in October 2024. Precise plot and character particulars are being stored principally beneath wraps, apart from the actual fact the present is about contained in the world of the NFL with a generational household part. Meloni will play the pinnacle coach of a workforce.

Meloni isn’t any stranger to the world of soccer, as he was the quarterback of his highschool workforce at St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes Faculty in Virginia. In 2007, he and the workforce have been inducted into the varsity’s corridor of fame for his or her undefeated season in 1978. Extra just lately, he appeared within the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs scripted sequence “The Magic Quantity” and has supplied voice overs for NFL ads on Peacock.

Meloni is finest identified for his function as Elliot Stabler within the “Legislation & Order” franchise. He originated the character on “Legislation & Order: SVU” earlier than reprising it in “Legislation & Order: Organized Crime.” The latter present debuted on NBC in 2021 earlier than shifting to Peacock for its fifth season, which launched in April 2025. Meloni has additionally starred in reveals like “Oz” at HBO, “Pleased!” at Syfy, “Underground” for WGN America, and each “Moist Scorching American Summer time: First Day of Camp” and “Moist Scorching American Summer time: Ten Years Later” at Netflix. In movie, Meloni is understood for “Moist Scorching American Summer time,” “Man of Metal,” and “Harold and Kumar Go to White Fort.”

He’s repped by Gersh.

Fogelman is the author and govt producer on the sequence. Jess Rosenthal additionally exeuctive produces together with David Ellison, Jesse Sisgold, and Jason T. Reed for Skydance Sports activities. twentieth Tv will produce. Fogelman is at present beneath an general deal at twentieth TV.

That is the second sequence Fogelman has at Hulu. He’s additionally the creator of the drama sequence “Paradise” starring Sterling Ok. Brown and James Marsden, which is at present prepping its second season. He serves as an govt producer on the favored Hulu sequence “Solely Murders within the Constructing” as properly.