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We report on the population of point sources discovered during an 18.5 ksecChandra ACIS-S observation of the Sombrero Galaxy. We present the luminosityfunction, the spectra of the 6 brightest sources, consider correlations withglobular clusters (GCs) and with planetary nebulae (PNe), and study thegalaxy's population of SSSs. We detected 122 sources, 22 of them are identifiedas luminous supersoft X-ray sources (SSSs). There is an over density of SSSswithin 1.5 kpc of the nucleus, which is itself the brightest X-ray source. SSSsare also found in the disk and halo, with 1 SSS in a globular cluster (GC).Several sources in Sombrero's halo are good candidates for SSS models in whichthe accretor is a nuclear-burning white dwarf. In total, 32 X-ray sources areassociated with GCs. The majority of sources with luminosity > 1e38 erg/s arein GCs. These results for M104, an Sa galaxy, are similar to what has beenfound for elliptical galaxies and for the late-type spiral M31. We find thatthose optically bright GCs with X-ray sources house only the brightest X-raysources. We find that, in common with other galaxies, there appears to be apositive connection between young (metal-rich) GCs and X-ray sources, but thatthe brightest X-ray sources are equally likely to be in metal-poor GCs. Wepropose a model which can explain the trends seen in the data sets from theSombrero and other galaxies. Thermal-time scale mass transfer can occur in someof the the younger clusters in which the turn-off mass is slightly greater than$0.8 M_\odot$; multiplicity may play a role in some of the most massiveclusters; accretion from giant stars may be the dominant mechanism in someolder, less massive and less centrally concentrated clusters.Comment: 13 pages, 7 figures. ApJ submitte

X‐Ray Point Sources in the Sombrero Galaxy: Very Soft Sources, the Globular Cluster/Low‐Mass X‐Ray Binary Connection, and an Overview