Sounders part ways with longest-tenured employee Bart Wiley Share this story Photo courtesy of Sounders FC Bart Wiley, the Seattle Sounders’ longest-tenured employee, has left the organization, the team announced on Thursday. Wiley first started working for the Sounders in 2001, predating even majority owner Adrian Hanauer. “Bart Wiley has been a trusted advisor, executive and friend for the past two decades, helping to build Seattle Sounders FC into the community asset the club has become,” Hanauer said in a team statement. “Bart has been with the club since I first became involved with the organization in 2001, and in that time, he has helped steer us from our humble USL days into the Major League Soccer club we all know and love today.